What steps are you taking to make sure your business is doing all it can to reduce risk and be cyber safe?

One thing that can be a guiding light for Australian businesses is the Essential Eight, developed by the Australian Cyber Security Centre.

It is a condensed and prioritized list of their Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents and is a great starting point for all businesses. The list includes...

- application control
- patch application
- Microsoft Office macro settings
- user application hardening
- restrict admin privileges
- patch operating systems
- multi-factor authentication
- daily backups

We've spoken before about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and the importance of keeping your software updated, but which of these are you implementing in your business?